CSR Research: Environmental Sustainability

CSR enhances financial performance, especially in environmentally intensive industries

RESEARCH BRIEF - Corporate citizenship performance leads to improved financial performance, especially for firms in environmentally intensive industries that may be subject to elevated stakeholder scrutiny and requirements for transparency.

Want environmental innovation? Partnerships increase your chances of success

RESEARCH BRIEF - Encourage collaboration with multiple stakeholder types to increase eco-innovation in your company.

Use reminders to encourage pro-environmental behaviors

RESEARCH BRIEF - Recycle, recycle, recycle: how and why it helps to keep reminding consumers.

Global companies are more environmentally sustainable

RESEARCH BRIEF - The more geographically diverse a company’s operations, the more likely it is to have environmentally sustainable decision-making and business practices.

Consumers pay more for green products when they perceive personal connection and good value

RESEARCH BRIEF - Consumer purchase satisfaction, willingness to pay a premium price, and purchase frequency of environmentally friendly products all increase when they perceive personal responsibility and value for the money.

When buying products, customers consider how sustainability efforts align with business

RESEARCH BRIEF - Researchers surveyed nearly 550 consumers about how perception of a firm’s environmental sustainability might influence a purchase decision.

Board gender diversity linked to increased renewable energy consumption, financial performance

RESEARCH BRIEF - Researchers studied more than 1,400 U.S. firms from S&P’s 1500 index between 2008 and 2016, examining the relationship between board gender diversity and renewable energy use.

It pays to manage climate risk

RESEARCH BRIEF - In a study of nearly 12,000 bank loan terms at nearly 3,000 U.S. companies, researchers analyzed how climate risk affects firm performance and risk, including operational performance, default risk, and bank loan terms.

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Influence of board structure on firm carbon emissions

RESEARCH BRIEF - To understand the relationship between board structure and emissions performance, researchers analyzed 7,284 firm-year observations...

Climate risk disclosure and institutional investors

RESEARCH BRIEF - In this study, researchers focused on three groups of institutional investors with higher disclosure demand, which they deemed “climate-conscious investors.”

Implications of Legal, Cultural & Governance Factors on Corporate Climate Commitment

RESEARCH BRIEF - The purpose of this study was to understand how a country's culture and legal system, as well as internal governance mechanisms, influence a company's commitment to addressing climate change.

Does environmental CSR influence consumers’ purchase intentions more than other CSR types?

RESEARCH BRIEF - Sharing information about a company’s environmental efforts at the point of purchase can increase a consumer’s reported willingness to buy a given product.